Russia’s dual-screen Yotaphone 2 starts selling in China

Russian smartphone maker Yota Devices has launched of its flagship, dual-screen YotaPhone 2 in China. The smartphone will be sold in partnership with China Unicom, the carrier with the second-largest subscriber list in the country.

The Chinese version of the YotaPhone 2 supports the local LTE
frequency, and has China's most popular mobile applications and
social networks pre-installed and adapted to the second screen of
the smartphone.

The smartphone is
expected to sell for 4,888 yuan (about $787). Online sales in
China will be made through Tmall, a Chinese-language online
retailer. China Unicom, one of the world’s largest mobile network
operators, signed an exclusive agreement with Yota Devices
Distribution for offline sales of the device.The official Yotaphone 2
presentation took place in China Wednesday.

Chinese President Xi
Jinping became the first user of the smartphone in China. He was
given an early model by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a
present.

YotaPhone 2 is expected to be popular with rich Chinese, and
won’t be competing with cheaper local-branded smartphones which
average about 1,500 yuan (about $242) in price.

YotaPhone 2 was developed by Russian company Yota Devices. It has
two screens, one uses E-Ink (electronic ink) technology. The
E-ink screen allows the device to save energy. The smartphone
uses the Android OS and can operate for up to 17 days on one
charge.

Yota Devices was established in 2011 and announced the
introduction of the smartphone into the Chinese market in
February.